A discussion among Santa Clara County supervisors on everyday gardening tools this week morphed into concerns about immigration witch hunts. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously axed Board President Otto Lee’s proposal for banning the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in unincorporated neighborhoods. Other supervisors worried the law would send a message encouraging residents — annoyed by the noisy equipment — to call the police or U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) on laborers who might be undocumented immigrants. District 1 Supervisor Sylvia Arenas was the first to push back. “I just don’t want it to be a reason…
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